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School District of Philadelphia, Pa. Board of Public Education Photograph Collection

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Held at: Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center [Contact Us]

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
PC-45
Repository:
Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
Extent:
0.25 linear feet (1 box)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], School District of Philadelphia, Pa. Board of Public Education Photograph Collection, PC-45, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Date:
1915-1929 (inclusive)
Form:
Photographs
Abstract:

A collection of approximately 40 prints reproduced from Board of Education negatives. Mostly images of vocational training for male and female students in classes that are often racially mixed. Training includes auto repair, printing press work, pharmacy/nursing, sewing/tailoring, and wallpapering. Also includes vaccinations, home economics, immigrant women learning English, Shippen School, an open air school, street scenes on Lindley and Sheldon, and views of the neighborhood surrounding the Kay and Longfellow schools.

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

Prints made by A-V, Temple. Originally received as Accession 437, November 1980.

A selection of photographs from this collection has been digitized and is available online on the Temple University Digital Collections website.

Finding aid revised according to contemporary archival standards in July 2015 by Patrick Stalter, student worker.

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Publisher
Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
Finding Aid Author
Machine-readable finding aid created by: Rajkumar Natarajan, Sky Global Services India (P) Ltd.
Finding Aid Date
May 2024
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

The School District of Philadelphia, Pa. Board of Public Education Photograph Collection is the physical property of the Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries. Intellectual property rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. Researchers are responsible for determining the identity of rights holders and obtaining their permission for publication and for other purposes where stated.

Collection Inventory

Boys at Printing Press, 1927.
Box 1
Boys Auto Repair Class, 1928.
Box 1
Children Eating in Classroom; Children in Class, 1915.
Box 1
Children Receiving Vaccination, 1928.
Box 1
Girls Pharmacy/Nursing Class, 1918.
Box 1
Home Economics Classes, circa 1918-1929.
Box 1
Immigrant Women Learning English, 1929.
Box 1
Mixed Sewing/Tailoring Class, 1929.
Box 1
Open Air Schools, 1918.
Box 1
Shippen School, Exterior, 1927.
Box 1
Street Scenes Near Kay and Longfellow Schools, 1915.
Box 1
Vacant Lot, Address Unknown, 1926.
Box 1
View Looking East on Lindley Street From Third Street; ...Sheldon Street From Third Street, 1924.
Box 1
Wallpapering Class, 1927.
Box 1

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